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Ciudad Juarez, Mexico is one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Drug cartels are at war there, and women and young girls have been going missing/turning up murdered since the early 90s. The Mexican government has done little to investigate this femicide and, despite that fact that many of these women are living in this Mexican-American border because of the American-owned factories that have been placed there, neither has the American government.
A brave young girl has recently come forward. This 16-year-old has told how she was lured off the Juarez streets into a human trafficking ring, where she was held captive, raped and abused. She managed to escape and, thanks to her coming forward with her story about this ring that she says traffics women and children across the Mexican-US border, authorities have said they will begin an investigation.
We must put pressure on both American and Mexican officials to begin this investigation now and stop the femicide in Juarez. As Americans, we own the factories that employ these girls and consume the goods they make. And there is now strong evidence that women and children are being trafficked across the border into the U.S.
Investigate the Femicide in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Greetings,
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico is one of the most dangerous cities in the world and it sits right over the border from El Paso, Texas. More than 420 women and young girls, some as young as 12, have been murdered in the last 15 years, many of their bodies turning up raped and mutilated. And many more have gone missing, never to be heard of or seen again. The United States has a responsibility to investigate these murders because many of these women and girls who are murdered or have gone missing are employees of the U.S.-owned maquiladoras, or factories, that operate in Ciudad Juarez.
A brave 16-year-old girl has come forward, telling authorities how she was lured off the Juarez streets into a human trafficking ring, where she was held captive, raped and abused. She managed to escape and, thanks to her coming forward with her story about this ring that she says traffics women and children across the Mexican-US border, authorities have said they will begin an investigation.
This investigation cannot wait any longer. As Americans, we own the factories these victims work in and consume the products they make. Furthermore, we have evidence that human trafficking is occuring across the Mexican-U.S. border from Juarez. This cannot go on any longer. Please make it a priority to begin an investigation, and to place pressure on the Mexican government, in order to put an end to the femicide of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
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